Loom-temple.



J. NORTHROP.

oom TEMPLE. KPPLIOATIOH FILED SEPT. 15, 1911.

Patented May 28,1912.

urns PAEN JONAS nonrimor, or nornnan: IvIASSAGHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB, rovn'nnrnn COMPANY; or nornna'ns, MASSAGHUSETTS,' A CORPORATION or MAINE.

BUGLE-TEMPLE.

Specification or Letters Patent. Patented May 28,19i2. Application filed September 15, 1911. Serial No. 649,566. 1 i

To all whom it may concern:

'Hopedalc,

'State of Massachusetts, have invented an Be it known. that 1, Jones Non'rrrnor, a

citizen of the United States, residing at inthe county of Worcester and Improvement in LoornTemples, of which the following. description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

v The invention to be hereinafter described 1 relates 'to looms, and more particularly to the temples fonengaging and holding the vention are to provide a loom temple which edge portions of the fabric as it is woven The aims and purposes of the present 1nshall be simple in construction, efiicient in operation, and wherein the parts shall be so contrived and combined that objectionable characteristics of temples, asiheretofore constructed, may be eliminated, all of which will best be made clear from the following description"and accompanying drawings of tions, and that in its f oneformilofmeans for carrying the inven- 25.

tion intojpractical efiect, it being understood {that the essentials of the invention may exist modified forms of constructrue scope it is defined by the claims. p o

In the drawings :Figure'1' is a side .elevation of a temple embodying the present invention Fig. 2 is a -like view of the temsection. on line 'Z'7, Fig. 5. .40

ple head with the'cap turned up; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the arts shown and 130-.

sitioned as in Fig. 5.; Fig. i is a top or plan view of the temple; Fig. dis a section on the line 5-45, Fig. i; Fig. 6 is a cross section on the line 6-'6,'Fig. 5 and Fig. l, is a like As well understood by those skilled in the art, the temple is sustained by a suitable support adjacent the edge of the cloth.

This support in the present invention may for identification be known as the temple holderand comprises a base 1 from which projects the flange 2 haying a, slot 3 for the reception of fastening means by which it may be conveniently secured adjustably to the breast beam or other desirable sustain-' ,mg-means'.

Promoting upward from the basal are the lugs or projections 4;," 5, Fig. 5, one at each end, which are embraced by the side flanges '6 of the temple rod 7, said side flanges being joined by the upper web 8,

having the longitudinally extending slots 9 and 10 for a purpose which will presently appear. The temple rod 7 has a seat 11 against which bears one end of a spring 12, the other end'whereof rests against the lug orprojection 5, the construction being such that the spring 12 acts normally to maintening means, which engage the lugs 4s and 5, as byv screw thread connection. The lugs 16- and 17 of the retainer pass through the longitudinal slots, 10 and 9 respectively fornied inthejupper web of the temple bar,-

the construction being such that while the retainer 13 holds the flanged temple rod 7 in co-acting relation with the temple holder, the lugs 16 and'li'of the retainer serve as guides for the temple rod as it 1 moved l0nsuch-1novcment.-

From the construction thus far described it will be noted that should the temple rod or holder become worn to such an extent as tomanifestlost-motion or objectionable looseness, it is lenly necessary to renfove the screws gitudinally andmay act as stops to limit 14, 15, take oil the retainer 13 and pass a file or other reducing agent, over the faces of the lugs 16 and 17, and reassemble the arts without-removing the tem older from the loom. 1 This is due to the fact that the screws which hold the retainer in place,

of. the temple holder with its supporting pie or the and consequently the temple rod,

do not also connect the temple holder with its supporting means, but such connection rs means is afforded by suitable fastening de-" vices other than the screws 14: andl5, whichpass through the slot 3 of the temple holder.,

The temple rod 7 has also ashoulder 18, which when the temple rod is moved to the right, Fig. 5, is adapted to engage the end 19 of the retainer 13 to hold the temple rod in retracted position against the stress of the spring 12.

From the construction shown and thus far described it will be noted that the temple rod 7 is of substantially fl-shape in cross section and that such general shape. of the 0 temple rod throughout its extent serves to give added strength to the temple rod and overcome liability to breakage now so commen in temple rod constructions.

Owing to the fact that the temple roll may at times become clogged with lint it is desirable that the temple'construction be so devised that-the roll may be readily cleaned and that, in some cases, it may be readily de-- tached and replaced. WVith these facts in mind the present inventioncontemplates a construction wherein the temple roll and the parts of the temple shall be so devised and related that the temple roll may be readily and easily-cleaned without-disturbing its operative relation with the other parts andalso thatit-may, at times, be removed expeditiously and without disintegrating the temple construction. As one form of means to this end the present invention contemplates mount-ing the temple roll so that it may be turned up from the cloth and be rendered accessible for cleaning purposes and that the spindle on which it is mounted, may be easily and readily removed as will 3% now be explained.

The temple rod 7 is provided with a down-turned portion 20, Fig. 1, carrying the tem le pod 21, which may conveniently be mad d integral with the temple rod and pref- 46 erably has a concaved portion to surround part ofthe temple roll as usual. Obviously, the temple pod might be made separate from the temple rod and be suitably secured thereto, though the integral construction hasbeen found to be mechanically convenient. Hinged to the down-turned port-ion'20 of the temple rod as at 22 are the arms 23 and 24 which embrace between them the part 20 of the temple rod. The arms 23 and 24 carry the templ'eicap 25 which partly surrounds the temple roll 26 and has end portions 27 and 28 in which the temple spindle 29 is removably secured. The temple roll 26 is mounted on the temple spindle 29 within the cap 25 and one end of the temple spindle 29 is held in its bearings by means of a cotter pin 30, Figs. 2 and 3, the construction being such that by simply withdrawing the cotter pin 30 the temple spindle 29 may be 50 withdrawn -endwise from the bearings 27 and 28 of the temple cap and the temple roll be thus disengaged and removed.

As heieinbefore explained, the temple cap is carried by the arms 23 and 24 which are hinged at 22 to the portion 20 of the temple rod, and in order to maintain the temple roll in its lower operating position with re- The character of means shown as a, convenient form of this feature of the invention comprises a lock 31 pivoted at '32 to the down-turned portion 20 of the temple rod 7, said lock 31 having a locking recess 33 to engage a shouldered portion 34: formed in the arm 24. The locking arm 31 is normally under .the influence of a spring 35 disposed between itand a lug 36 projecting from the temple rod, said spring being preferably dis- 30 posed about a guiding stud 37, the construction being such that the locking arm 31 while normally hel'd'pressed into this locking position is nevertheless yieldable to permit its locking recess 33 to be disengaged 35 from the locking shoulder 3 on the arm '24. The edge portion 38 of the locking member 31 is'preferably formed as a curve to be engaged by the curved end portion 39 of the arm. 24, the construction being "such that when the locking member 81 is withdrawn to permit the temple cap and temple roll to be raised from operative position, thecurved portion 39 of the arm 24: will engage and ride along the curved edge portion 38 of the looking member'31 to maintain it pressed to the rear a ainst the action of the spring 35. When t 1e temple cap and perforce the temple roll. are drawn to operative position pod, are engaged to correctly define operative position of the parts. These complemental portionsare conveniently indicated in Figs. 2 and 3 at 40 and 41, but obviously other character of complemental portions may be employed to the above ends, if desired.

Projecting downward from the temple pod is the finger 42 which is adaptcdto be engaged by the lay, as the latter moves for? ward in beating up the filling, said linger being of usual or ordinary construction and operation. i

From the construction described as a con- 1 venient embodiment of the present invention it will be noted that thetemple cap is so connected and related to the temple pod and temple bar that said temple cap together with the temple r'oll may be drawn upward from the cloth in a plane extending longitudinally of the temple rod and that when so turned up the temple roll is in convenient position for cleaning, also that by disengagement of the cotter pin 30 when the parts are in the'position last described, the temple roll supporting beams 29-may be readily withconstruction of the temple or its position and adjustment on the loom frame. It will also be apparent that the locking device tor'holding the temple roll in operative position is automatic in action, and as the parts are 5 turned from the position indicated in Fig. 2

to that indicated in Fig. 1, said locking device will be drawn into actionwithout further attention on the partof the operator.

It will be noted also that the cotter pin 30 0 for holding the temple spindle in place is preferably passed through one or the bearings o'f the temple cap into or through the temple spindle, and that whcnthe temple cap is 1n lowered or operative position that the head of the cotter pin is housed in a recess in the'temple pod, so that it otters no undesirable projection to catch lint or be disturbed accidentally, the pointed end of the cotter pin being also preferably housed within the cap bearing. 4

-From the essentials of the described invention, it will be seen that the temple rod may be readily removed from the temple holder when desired without disturbing the mljustmcnt of the latter on the-sustaining means, such as the breast beam, so that when "the parts are reassembled noreadjustment of the temple is necessary.

Vhat is claimed is: so 1. In a loom temple, the combination of atcmple rod, 'a temple, pod, a temple cap carrying a temple roll, said temple cap being mounted to swing upward from the temple pod to expose the temple roll, and having a locking shouldered portion and a pivoted locking device having a portion complemental of the locking shoulder to engage therewith to hold the temple cap and roll in operative relation with the temple pod.

40 'In a looni temple, the combination of a temple rod, a temple pod, a temple cap carrying a temple roll and pivotally mount- I ed to swing in a vertical plane extending longitudinally of the temple rod, said cap having. a part provided with a locking shoulder, a locking 'member pivot-ally mounted and having a locking recess to engage the said locking shoulder, and means for automatically engaging said locking 5 parts when the cap is moved into operative relation with the pod.

- 3. In a loom temple, the combination of j a temple rod, a temple pod, a temple cap movable from the temple pod and having bearings, one at each side portion of the cap,

a temple spindle supported by said bearings and carrying a temple roll, said spindle being movable longitudinally to and I fromoperative position, and'means accessi- 69 ble only When the temple. cap is ,moved from the temple pod to unlock the. spindle from said bearings.

4. In a loom temple, the combination of a temple rod, a temple cap jointed Withrelatio'n to said rod to swing upward, a bean.

ing at each end of the temple cap, a temple spindle supported by said bearings and carrying a. temple roll,-and a unitary device accessible only when the cap is swung away from the pod for detachably locking the spindle in supporting relation with said bearings.

In a loom temple, the combination of a temple rod, a temple cap jointed with relation to said rod to swing upward, a bearing'at each end of the temple cap, a temple spindle adapted to be engaged with said hearings by endwise movement of said spindle. atcmple roll mounted on said spindle, and a pinengaging one of said cap bearings for holding the spindle in said bearings.

In a temple for looms, the combination of a temple rod, a temple pod, a temple cap carrying a temple roll and hinged-with relation to the temple rod to swing to and from the templepod in a plane parallel to the vertical plane passing longitudinally through the'axis of the temple rod, a pivoted locking member for holding the cap and roll in operative position. and a spring for actuating the locking member, said swinging temple cap having a part for engaging and moving along the locking member to hold thelatter from movement in response to said spring as the said cap is swung to and from operative position.

7. In a temple for looms, the combination of a temple rod, a temple pod, a temple cap carrvin a tem )lc roll. and l-iinged with v D n.

relation to thetemplc rod to swing to and from thciemple pod in a plane parallel to the vertical plane passing hmgitudinally through the axis of the temple rod. said cap having an arm extending at that side, of its hinge opposite the temple roll, a plvfoted locking member having. a part to engage and intcrloclrwith said extending arm, and means acting normally to hold it in locking posit-ion.

8. In a loom temple, the combination of a temple rod carrying a temple roll and having side flange portions, a temple holder having lugs projecting therefrom and embraced by the temple rod, retainer comprising a plate overlying the temple rod,

and having projecting portions resting on the lugs of the temple holder, and means for securing the retainer to the said lugs of the temple holder. I

'9. Ill Q, loom temple, the combination of a temple rod carrying a temple roll, and.

having side flanges, a temple holder having lugsembraced by said side flanges, a retainer having lugs adapted to be seatedon the lugs '01, the temple holder, and detachable connections between lthe temple holder and retainer. I i 10. In a loom temple,'the combination of a temple holder haa g gi gpa base portion and lugs projecting upward therefrom, a flange extending from the base portion for securing the baseportion independently to the loom, a temple rod moi/ able longitudinally of the holder and having side flanges toembraee the said lugs, a retainer for holding the temple rod and temple holder in cooperating relation, and provided With downwardly projecting lugs adapted to be seated face to face upon the base lugs, and means for securing the retainer to the base portion of the holder.

11. A loom temple comprising in c0inbination, a temple holder having a bearing portion at separated points in its length, a

- temple rod carrying-a temple roll and movable longitudinally of the temple holder,

a retainer overlying the temple rod and having bearing lugs to rest upon the said bearing portions of the temple holder and means for securing the retainer to the temple holder with the bearing lugs engaging the separated bearing portions of the holder that the retainer may be readily removed memes and the height of said lugs adjusted to'conform to the Wear of the parts.

12. A loom temple comprising in combination, e temple holder provided With an upwardly projecting lug at each end havingan upper bearing face, a temple rod carrying a temple roll and movable longitudinally of the temple holder, means for securing the temple holder to the loom frame, and independent means for securing the temple holder and temple rod in assembled relation, said means includin a retainer having lugs provided with earing faces to engage the bearing faces of the lugs on the holder, and devices for holding said lugs in engagement.

In testnnony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JONAS N ORTI-IROP. lVitnesses lVM. O. PERKINS, E. D. Oseooo. 

